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JAPANESE

AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST

BUTTER

ATTACK IN

SHANSI COLLAPSING

Chinese Cross River And Capture Batteries

BERLIN CONTENT Tokyo Forces On

WITH PREMIER'S

STATEMENT

Berlin, To-day.

Border Reported

Surrounded

Hankow, To-day.

"Mr. Neville Chamberlain's state- No fewer than three Chinese divisions, of a

ment on Austria in the House of Commons reveals the English deter- mination to view the situation with calmness. The British Government is refusing to allow the unbridled arguments of certain Members of Parliament to land it in an awk- ward position.

This is the comment of the "Diplomatic and Political Corres pondence," which reflects German Commons official opinion, on the debate.

The paper says that the way in which the Austrian people have re- ceived the German army is ample answer to the critics of Germany's action. Trans-Ocean.

PRAGUE NOT PLEASED

Prague, To-day.

HEAVY FIRE MAY BE

HEARD IN H.K.

The General Officer Command- ing, The British Troops in China, desires to warn the civil popula- tion of the Colony of Hong Kong that they may expect to hear con- siderable heavy gun and small arms fire during the forthegme

the 18th and 22nd March 1928.

strength of 20,000 men, and 10,000 Japanese ing combined operations between troops, are engaged in heavy fighting in south Shansi.

The Chinese crossed the Yellow River near Tung- kwan and put the Japanese batteries on the north bank out of action. These guns had been shelling the Lunghai Railway.

H.K. EXCHANGE MARKET QUIETER

Japanese units on the Honan-Shansi border are

said to have been surrounded by heavy Chinese the exchange market in Hong Kong forces.

The engagements between the between Chinese and Japanese Tungkwan and Chengchow, on the Yellow River, continue with -1111- diminished violence.

After yesterday's hectic dealings,

ruled quiet and steady this morn- ing. The American dollar which strengthened yesterday from 33

GOVERNOR OF MACAO 1/16th to 30% was quoted, inter

VISITING H.K.

: bank rate, to-day at 30 7/8ths.

Rumours which were in circula- FAILURE ADMITTED

The "China Mail" understands tion yesterday suggesting the pos- The failure in Shansi has moved

that HE the Governor of Macao, sibility of the introduction of ex- the Japanese army command to conduct simultaneously new offen-Dr. Artur Barbosa, is paying an change control by the Hong Kong official visit to the Colony on March Government were discounted in

well-informed quarters."

Mr. Neville Chamberlain's Housesives in Shantung. of Commons speech has disappoint- ed political circles here, where the speech during the debate by the Labour opposition leader, Mr. Clement Attlee, has attracted much favourable comment.

One politician said "What was not heard from Mr. Chamberlain

Attempts the Japanese have 24. made for months past to press forward to Hsuchow, junction of the Langhai and T. P. railways, and which have always failed, have been resumed

However, the Chinese positions have been strongly reinforced and we expect from the French Gov-it is doubtful whether the Japanese ernment on Thursday."

Ocean.

Trans-will succeed this time. The crack

units of the Chinese army are op- posing the Japanese

FRENCH AID IN SPAIN SOUGHT

Toulouse, To-day. The aerodrome here has been advised that the Spanish Presi dent, Senor Azana, and the De fence Minister, Senor Prieto, are

JAPANESE CLAIM

An official statement claims that Japanese troops in south Shansi have destroyed the western sector of the Lunghai Railway between Tungkwan and Chengchow, which has been the scene of severe fight- ing for some weeks.

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Hankow, To-day.

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